Journal profile · Engineering, Mechanical
JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
ISSN 0742-4787 · eISSN 1528-8897 · American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1984
JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.62; subscription journal; review about 5 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 291 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME is published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Tribology and Lubrication Engineering, Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, together about 54.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Mechanical
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Tribology and Lubrication EngineeringEngineering21.8%
- Gear and Bearing Dynamics AnalysisEngineering16.4%
- Adhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsEngineering15.9%
- Tribology and Wear AnalysisEngineering6.8%
- Lubricants and Their AdditivesEngineering6.8%
- Mechanical stress and fatigue analysisEngineering6.1%
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic SystemsEngineering3.9%
- Metal and Thin Film MechanicsEngineering2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.62LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,235OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 231LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,938 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 175 | 38 | 53 |
| 2025 | 291 | 43 | 772 |
| 2024 | 175 | 18 | 1,045 |
| 2023 | 113 | 9 | 981 |
| 2022 | 132 | 13 | 1,414 |
| 2021 | 193 | 20 | 2,554 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access ASME Open Access
Publish Open Access in any of ASME’s journals. ASME offers an Institutional Open Access model allowing researchers to publish OA with a reduced or waived publishing charge. Contact your Sales Representative or ask your Engineering Department Head about ASME Institutional Open Access.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1984
- ISSN
- 0742-4787
- Electronic ISSN
- 1528-8897
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 148, Issue 7 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Mechanical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.62; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 130.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME?
Authors report an average review time of about 5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .